About this project

About
this project: It's more than
food; we reskill everything.

The
Reskilling Expo provides low-cost Sustainable Living Skills
Education. We maintain two Public Seed Libraries. We've just opened a
TimeBank.

The
stealth purpose of the Reskilling Expo is to create a Knowledge
Commons where talent, skill and information are freely shared.

Reskilling
uncovers hidden talents, reclaims lost abilities, and unearths the
wisdom needed to create sustenance and bounty. We reskill to restore,
cherish and preserve our quality of life and our environment

Reskilling
reclaims skills that were known fifty to seventy-five years ago. It
imbues the community with a shared knowledge of how to do, make and
tend things oneself.

Every
town and city should reskill. We've created a Reskilling Expo
Template that you can use to create your own event. We want to share
our foibles and secrets-for-success far and wide.

The
Santa Cruz Grows Seed Library is a cool urban seed project. We want
people who have never grown a bean to borrow seeds and give it a try.
We want Seed Stewardship to be as common as social media.

TimeBanking
values people differently. Get your trousers hemmed. Learn to make
limoncillo. Take a piano lesson. Brush up on your conversational
Italian. Use a bicycle courier. Have your plumbing and electrical
repairs done. Enjoy a massage. Design and install a greywater system.

We
need your support to nurture these three projects through the next
year.

Funds
will be used to send our Template around the country. For hall rental
fees, publicity, and materials and supplies for Exhibits. For program
development and member support. For outreach.

No
donation is too small. We have 60 days to reach our goal. If we don't
make it to $5000, we get nothing.

The
Reskilling Expo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization fiscally
sponsored by the William James Association. All contributions over
$50 are fully tax-deductible.

These
Reskilling Expo Teachers are offering Consultation Rewards to $100
donors. They will be in-person in the Santa Cruz County area and by
phone/email/Skype for those out-of-area. Limit: each Teacher offers
only one Consultation. First to donate, first to choose.

$100 reward

1 backer
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A Reskilling Expo postcard, a TimeBank Santa Cruz button, five packets of heirloom seeds and a three-hour Consultation with Reskilling Expo teacher John Malkin (Recording Session in his Home Studio) in Santa Cruz County.

Estimated delivery:May 2012

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$100 reward

1 backer
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A Reskilling Expo postcard, a TimeBank Santa Cruz button, five packets of heirloom seeds and a one-hour Consultation with Reskilling Expo teacher Robert Mount (Pest Management) in Santa Cruz County.

$500 reward

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A Reskilling Expo postcard, a TimeBank Santa Cruz button, five packets of heirloom seeds and a one-hour Consultation with me. I'll provide personal ongoing email or phone consultation for six months as you organize your own reskilling events.

Estimated delivery:Jun 2012

Funding period

Feb 2, 2012 - Apr 2, 2012
(60 days)

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